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County Students Place in College _ -c/sAn Stroudsburg, However, Is Winner in Class B H. S. Commercial Contests Twenty-four class B high schools from throughout Pennsylvania competed in the eighth annual Pennsylvania commercial contest held Saturday at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Stroudsburg, amassing eighteen points, figured far ahead of any other school to receive the commercial contest plaque. The final standing, with the school, subject and team points scored follow: Stroudsburg arithmetic, five; Stroudsburg, business law, eight; Cass Township, business law, two; Stroudsburg, shorthand, five; Williamsburg, shorthand, two; Cass, township, bookkeeping, five; branch township, bookkeeping, three; Williamsburg, bookkeeping, two; Slatington, typewriting, five; Elizabethtown, typewriting three; Cass township, typewriting, two. Gold, silver and bronze charms were awarded to the first three students placing in each of the contests. Winners of the typewriting contest were: First, Lawrence Schoneberger, ington; second, Anna Hess, Elizabethtown; third, Dorothy Drew, Springfield. Jacob Kline, of Shickshinny, was fifteenth, and Lucy Beyer, of Scott township, twenty-second. In the business arithmetic contest Sari Joseph Harris, of Scott township, placed second, while William Elmer Smith, of Scott township, was third. The winner was James Leslie Dcdd, 01 Stroudsburg. I Winners of the business law contest: were: first, Lawrence Schonerberger, Stroudsburg; second, Audrey S. Hag- Rupert, Stroudsburg, and third, Mary E. Babilya, of Cass township. Shorthand contest winners were:, First, Dorothy Kathryn Slutter, of Struodsburg; second, Audrey S. Haggerty, of Hawley, and third, Dorothy Jean Riley, of Williamsburg, Pansy Beatrice Burke, of Shickshinny, was ninth, Hilda Elizabeth Vosler, of Shickshinny, sixteenth, and Irene Jean Wertman, of Scott township, nineteenthHonors in bookkeeping went to, first, Anna Catchmark, Springfield; second, Sam Greenburg, of Llewellyn, md third, Albert John Isenberg, of Williamsburg. Norma Irene Liptzer, pf Catawissa, placed tenth. Sophie. Helen Kokora, of Shickshinny, was (seventeenth. Helen Agnes Derr, of (Catawissa, placed eighteenth, and Joseph C. Adams, of Shickshinny,, linctcenth. Building 5/?/37 t! ?? 1 AV?? Ta a ??? i a 1 ??S tf Coach George Buchheit started ]ayvee track and field last year. This Spring the program has been advanced and four meets scheduled for the jayvees. As a result the boys are staying out and developing. Some of them are going to be varsity performers next Spring. There were 15 boys on the jayvee squad which performed at Kingston ion Saturday. Of that group all but two were Frosh. One was a Senior and the other a Sophomore. 1 It has been the same with baseball, i football and basketball. In those sports the jayvees have schedules and . -rr cash year they develop some varsity material. I Besides lust twice as are ticipating. That???s a swell feature in itself even if no varsity material was the result of the jayvee efforts. * Jayvee Nine at Scott The Teachers College Jayvee nine is scheduled to play Scott High at Espy on Tuesday afternoon and it should t>o a good ball game. ???Big Bill??? Wanich, ace hurler for the Blue Jays during the 1936 and 1937 season is now a member of the Husky Jayvee staff and is likely to serve them up for his old team mates. The Huskies have two other games remaining???with Bucknell Junior Col!ego and Dickinson Sem.???both scheduled to play in Bloomsburg, Dickininson was to put in an appearance on April 30 but that game was called off because of threatening weather. Now the Jayvees are searching for an afternoon when the varsih- is not t can Tribute Paid To Mothers Losing Sons In Service If tel , High Legion Officials Com 4 mend Spirit of Enduring Hardship at Convocation THEY TRACE WAR-TIME MOTHER???S SUFFERING State Commander Regrets Forces Which Have Destroyed Other Nations Now in U.S. All motherhood was honored yesterday afternoon in services held for the Gold Star Mothers of the Seventeenth District of the American Legion, the program being in charge of the fourfcounty council of the Legion and the Auxiliary. I Attended by Legion notables. Gold Star mothers, members and friends, many from miles away, the session began at three o???clock with an audience that almost filled the first floor of the; Bloomsburg State Teachers College fiuditorium, A line of flowers extended across the front and the rear of the jplatform, which was occupied by the pix speakers. Thirty Gold Star mothers, guests of jhonor, occupied the first four rows of the auditorium and heard Mrs. Lucill Conrad, of Hanover, Americanisi chairman. Department of Pennsylvania bf the Legion Auxiliary, and Williar P. Smith, of Punxsutawney, Command pr of the Department of Pennsylvania if the Legion, laud the spirit of thf mothers who sent their boys to thu ront. ???It is regrettable that on this day 1 lust say that the philosophy which has f T M i-, ?? * A J A X 1. A. MA i ??? |destroyed other nations has come (across the sea and is within our bor-! ders. Children must be sent from the home today with an understanding that ! ?vf ??f uZL7 CSTtry,must continue !1( the Umtod States is to ondure,???i Commander Smith warned in speaking! of the responsibility of present-day! mothers. He went back to the war-time suffer-1 ings of the mothers and expressed the; love, regard and admiration which the] Legion holds for them. In bringing back such memories, he regretted that: it was necessary for the mothers to I live once again and anguished moments j when they received word that their; sons would never come back. Will Not Forget ???The Legion will never forget the* Gold Star mothers. Their memory and their sacrifice will be a torch for us to carry on.??? he pledged. He also declared the earnest support which the Legion wishes to give to those mothers whose sons are slaves to hospital beds and also to the ???everyday??? mothers, whose understanding and courage are also always in demand. Mrs. Conrad traced the beginning of Mother???s Day observances back to the early civilization in Asia Minor, j Heathens worshipped the god of motherhood, which was then a symbol mainly of power and strength rather than of the tender and womanly virtues that are so honored today. The mother???s day festival, known under varying names, took on a religious significance with the advent of Christianity, she said. Travelling about today, one comes-; upon many monuments to motherhood, i Of these. Mrs. Conrad declared that her favorite was that of the pioneer mother, shown with a babe in her arms and: a child clinging to her skirts, fearless-! ly looking toward the horizon. The pilgrims who came to America! in the spirit of humility included worn- t )en of staunch courage. The pioneer i mothers exerted an influence which has shaped the destiny of the world today. Mothers have stood for justice, equality of opportunity and religious freedom. They feel that patriotic edu- ; cation and religious freedom are ne- I cessary and resent any concentrated or insinuous effort to disturb the peace I of their homes. Spur To Courage The Rev. C. P. Lewis, of Northum- ; berland, chaplain of the Seventeenth j District, was in charge of the session and addressed a brief message to the j Gold Star mothers at the opening of the service. ???You did not applaud loudly,??? he told them, ???you did not | blare any trumpets or roll any drums, but I am sure that your motherly kiss | and the wave of your hand meant more a to the boys than the noise on the i I streets as they passed by, receiving the | fanfare of the crowds.??? Curly-haired C. M. Steese, small son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Marlin Steese, of Mifflinburg, in clear, ringing tones paid tribute to all mothers and expressed the hope that ???the present mothers might never experience the anguish of another war.??? Greetings were extended to the audience in a brief address by A. C. Mor-1 gan, of Berwick, commander of the Seventeenth District. Mrs. A. C. Morgan, president of the Four-County Council of the Auxiliary, had charge of the presentation of white carnations to all the Gold Star moth- j ers. Doris Arbuckle, Marjorie Shar- 1 retts, Agnes Hahn and Joan Wenner, s wearing attractive white frocks, assist- j ed her. The American Legion Auxiliary Glee Club of the Twelfth District, Ply. mouth, sang four selections, assisted by J. Henry Morgan, of West Pittston. Prof. Howard F. Fenstemaker, of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College faculty, played the organ prelude "i and postlude. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. L-wis. fol- M low- 'i ???: ???Taps??? and a few rn- monts of| lllenx* JL

County Students Place in College _ -c/sAn Stroudsburg, However, Is Winner in Class B H. S. Commercial Contests Twenty-four class B high schools from throughout Pennsylvania competed in the eighth annual Pennsylvania commercial contest held Saturday at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Stroudsburg, amassing eighteen points, figured far ahead of any other school to receive the commercial contest plaque. The final standing, with the school, subject and team points scored follow: Stroudsburg arithmetic, five; Stroudsburg, business law, eight; Cass Township, business law, two; Stroudsburg, shorthand, five; Williamsburg, shorthand, two; Cass, township, bookkeeping, five; branch township, bookkeeping, three; Williamsburg, bookkeeping, two; Slatington, typewriting, five; Elizabethtown, typewriting three; Cass township, typewriting, two. Gold, silver and bronze charms were awarded to the first three students placing in each of the contests. Winners of the typewriting contest were: First, Lawrence Schoneberger, ington; second, Anna Hess, Elizabethtown; third, Dorothy Drew, Springfield. Jacob Kline, of Shickshinny, was fifteenth, and Lucy Beyer, of Scott township, twenty-second. In the business arithmetic contest Sari Joseph Harris, of Scott township, placed second, while William Elmer Smith, of Scott township, was third. The winner was James Leslie Dcdd, 01 Stroudsburg. I Winners of the business law contest: were: first, Lawrence Schonerberger, Stroudsburg; second, Audrey S. Hag- Rupert, Stroudsburg, and third, Mary E. Babilya, of Cass township. Shorthand contest winners were:, First, Dorothy Kathryn Slutter, of Struodsburg; second, Audrey S. Haggerty, of Hawley, and third, Dorothy Jean Riley, of Williamsburg, Pansy Beatrice Burke, of Shickshinny, was ninth, Hilda Elizabeth Vosler, of Shickshinny, sixteenth, and Irene Jean Wertman, of Scott township, nineteenthHonors in bookkeeping went to, first, Anna Catchmark, Springfield; second, Sam Greenburg, of Llewellyn, md third, Albert John Isenberg, of Williamsburg. Norma Irene Liptzer, pf Catawissa, placed tenth. Sophie. Helen Kokora, of Shickshinny, was (seventeenth. Helen Agnes Derr, of (Catawissa, placed eighteenth, and Joseph C. Adams, of Shickshinny,, linctcenth. Building 5/?/37 t! ?? 1 AV?? Ta a ??? i a 1 ??S tf Coach George Buchheit started ]ayvee track and field last year. This Spring the program has been advanced and four meets scheduled for the jayvees. As a result the boys are staying out and developing. Some of them are going to be varsity performers next Spring. There were 15 boys on the jayvee squad which performed at Kingston ion Saturday. Of that group all but two were Frosh. One was a Senior and the other a Sophomore. 1 It has been the same with baseball, i football and basketball. In those sports the jayvees have schedules and . -rr cash year they develop some varsity material. I Besides lust twice as are ticipating. That???s a swell feature in itself even if no varsity material was the result of the jayvee efforts. * Jayvee Nine at Scott The Teachers College Jayvee nine is scheduled to play Scott High at Espy on Tuesday afternoon and it should t>o a good ball game. ???Big Bill??? Wanich, ace hurler for the Blue Jays during the 1936 and 1937 season is now a member of the Husky Jayvee staff and is likely to serve them up for his old team mates. The Huskies have two other games remaining???with Bucknell Junior Col!ego and Dickinson Sem.???both scheduled to play in Bloomsburg, Dickininson was to put in an appearance on April 30 but that game was called off because of threatening weather. Now the Jayvees are searching for an afternoon when the varsih- is not t can Tribute Paid To Mothers Losing Sons In Service If tel , High Legion Officials Com 4 mend Spirit of Enduring Hardship at Convocation THEY TRACE WAR-TIME MOTHER???S SUFFERING State Commander Regrets Forces Which Have Destroyed Other Nations Now in U.S. All motherhood was honored yesterday afternoon in services held for the Gold Star Mothers of the Seventeenth District of the American Legion, the program being in charge of the fourfcounty council of the Legion and the Auxiliary. I Attended by Legion notables. Gold Star mothers, members and friends, many from miles away, the session began at three o???clock with an audience that almost filled the first floor of the; Bloomsburg State Teachers College fiuditorium, A line of flowers extended across the front and the rear of the jplatform, which was occupied by the pix speakers. Thirty Gold Star mothers, guests of jhonor, occupied the first four rows of the auditorium and heard Mrs. Lucill Conrad, of Hanover, Americanisi chairman. Department of Pennsylvania bf the Legion Auxiliary, and Williar P. Smith, of Punxsutawney, Command pr of the Department of Pennsylvania if the Legion, laud the spirit of thf mothers who sent their boys to thu ront. ???It is regrettable that on this day 1 lust say that the philosophy which has f T M i-, ?? * A J A X 1. A. MA i ??? |destroyed other nations has come (across the sea and is within our bor-! ders. Children must be sent from the home today with an understanding that ! ?vf ??f uZL7 CSTtry,must continue !1( the Umtod States is to ondure,???i Commander Smith warned in speaking! of the responsibility of present-day! mothers. He went back to the war-time suffer-1 ings of the mothers and expressed the; love, regard and admiration which the] Legion holds for them. In bringing back such memories, he regretted that: it was necessary for the mothers to I live once again and anguished moments j when they received word that their; sons would never come back. Will Not Forget ???The Legion will never forget the* Gold Star mothers. Their memory and their sacrifice will be a torch for us to carry on.??? he pledged. He also declared the earnest support which the Legion wishes to give to those mothers whose sons are slaves to hospital beds and also to the ???everyday??? mothers, whose understanding and courage are also always in demand. Mrs. Conrad traced the beginning of Mother???s Day observances back to the early civilization in Asia Minor, j Heathens worshipped the god of motherhood, which was then a symbol mainly of power and strength rather than of the tender and womanly virtues that are so honored today. The mother???s day festival, known under varying names, took on a religious significance with the advent of Christianity, she said. Travelling about today, one comes-; upon many monuments to motherhood, i Of these. Mrs. Conrad declared that her favorite was that of the pioneer mother, shown with a babe in her arms and: a child clinging to her skirts, fearless-! ly looking toward the horizon. The pilgrims who came to America! in the spirit of humility included worn- t )en of staunch courage. The pioneer i mothers exerted an influence which has shaped the destiny of the world today. Mothers have stood for justice, equality of opportunity and religious freedom. They feel that patriotic edu- ; cation and religious freedom are ne- I cessary and resent any concentrated or insinuous effort to disturb the peace I of their homes. Spur To Courage The Rev. C. P. Lewis, of Northum- ; berland, chaplain of the Seventeenth j District, was in charge of the session and addressed a brief message to the j Gold Star mothers at the opening of the service. ???You did not applaud loudly,??? he told them, ???you did not | blare any trumpets or roll any drums, but I am sure that your motherly kiss | and the wave of your hand meant more a to the boys than the noise on the i I streets as they passed by, receiving the | fanfare of the crowds.??? Curly-haired C. M. Steese, small son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Marlin Steese, of Mifflinburg, in clear, ringing tones paid tribute to all mothers and expressed the hope that ???the present mothers might never experience the anguish of another war.??? Greetings were extended to the audience in a brief address by A. C. Mor-1 gan, of Berwick, commander of the Seventeenth District. Mrs. A. C. Morgan, president of the Four-County Council of the Auxiliary, had charge of the presentation of white carnations to all the Gold Star moth- j ers. Doris Arbuckle, Marjorie Shar- 1 retts, Agnes Hahn and Joan Wenner, s wearing attractive white frocks, assist- j ed her. The American Legion Auxiliary Glee Club of the Twelfth District, Ply. mouth, sang four selections, assisted by J. Henry Morgan, of West Pittston. Prof. Howard F. Fenstemaker, of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College faculty, played the organ prelude "i and postlude. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. L-wis. fol- M low- 'i ???: ???Taps??? and a few rn- monts of| lllenx* JL